Gösta Bagge
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2011) |
Gösta Adolfsson Bagge (1882-1951) was a Swedish professor of economics and conservative politician.
Born on 27 May 1882 in Stockholm, Gösta Bagge was declared leader for the National Organization of the Right after the sudden retirement of Arvid Lindman in 1935, and remained its leader until 1944. He was a social conservative politician within the rightist party, but had a liberal view on economics and was a harsh critic of the economic policies of the social democratic finance minister Ernst Wigforss. Bagge was also minister of ecclesiastical affairs (Minister of education, science, culture , sports and church) in the coalition government from 1939 to 1944.
In government he was the leading supporter of Finland's fight for survival against the Soviet Union and wanted to give aid to the Nordic neighbor country. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1933.[1]
He died on 3 January 1951 in Högalid, Stockholm.
[edit] References
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  |
This article about a Swedish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This biography of a Swedish economist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
